Leadership Team

LumenData is a global leader in providing consulting services for data management solutions. Our accomplished Leadership Team members have extensive experience and expertise spanning all stages of implementing data management solutions including MDM, Data Quality, Data Governance, and Predictive Analytics.

At LumenData, we believe that business success does not stop with implementation; it also requires understanding our clients’ goals, thought leadership, flexibility, and a trusted partnership with our clients.

Nimish Mehta

Nimish Mehta

Chairman and Co-founder

Nimish is a seasoned technology executive with more than 31 years of experience in managing global software businesses. Prior to co-founding LumenData, Nimish held various executive positions at major high-tech companies including SAP; Siebel Systems; Stratify, Inc. (profitably acquired by Iron Mountain, IRON); and Oracle Corporation, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President of Industry Applications, reporting directly to CEO Larry Ellison. Nimish has also served as a Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories, where he created a high-speed data transmission service called DDS56, a precursor to DSL. His experiences have gained him expertise in business intelligence (BI), master data, enterprise search, and other database products.

Nimish holds an MSEE from the University of Toronto, an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management, and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. As part of his master’s thesis at the University of Toronto, Nimish invented the multi-touch technology found in most mobile phones, tablets, and laptops today.

Nimish loves biking, yoga, hiking, and traveling the world with his family, including to China, Russia, Turkey, Mexico, and much of Western Europe. On his list of things to do, Nimish wants to learn to play bridge and golf, but LumenData is an all-consuming passion, so those will have to wait for a while!

Tarun Batra

Tarun Batra

CEO and Co-founder

Tarun is a highly experienced services leader with a strong track record of building successful consulting practices for emerging technologies. Prior to LumenData, Tarun led the MDM and business intelligence (BI) consulting practice at Oracle for North America and built the UCM and West Region CRM consulting practices at Siebel, where he was directly responsible for over 40 successful implementations of strategic customers and strong references. His experience also includes senior leadership roles at Archive, Inventa, and Sybase.

Tarun holds a master’s degree in Management Information Systems (MIS) from the University of Texas and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Thapar Institute of Engineering.

Tarun enjoys listening to a wide variety of music genres and likes going to music concerts any opportunity he gets.

Lin Chan

Lin Chan

CFO

Lin’s extensive experience in corporate finance spans across early-stage start-ups as well as multinational companies and includes experience with finance and accounting, financings, mergers and acquisitions, strategies and models, outsourcing, legal, and administration. Lin has advised a number of successful companies in the technology markets, such as PC-Tel Inc. (PCTI), Sola International Inc. (acquired by Carl Zeiss), and Crystal Technology Inc. (acquired by TDK). Her experience includes three public listings—two in the US and one in Australia—and numerous acquisitions and wind-downs.

Lin holds an MBA from Santa Clara University and Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Tasmania, Australia.

In her spare time, Lin indulges in travel, books, movies, and music.

Ken Readus

Ken Readus

Vice President, Sales

Ken is a technology/global business visionary with executive and hands-on experience in data mastering, prediction systems, and data lakes as well as Data Strategy, Data Quality, Data Governance, and Predictive Analytics. He has a strong record of success in selling, creating, and deploying robust solutions and has a proven ability to bringing the benefits of business solutions to solve business issues while managing costs and risks.

Ken has over 36 years of experience in the consulting industry, working in the financial services, life sciences, telecommunication, transportation, manufacturing, retail, publishing/media, and high-tech industries. His most recent experience has largely been focused on partnering with firms to build their practices around Data Management (MDM, Data Quality, Data Strategy, Metadata, and Governance) and includes delivering MDM/Data Quality solutions, defining and operationalizing Data Governance structure, strategy/roadmap, and education/training.

Ken holds an MBA from University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Chicago State University.

In his spare time, Ken enjoys playing golf and playing the piano.

David Gwinup

David Gwinup

Vice President

David is an IT consulting professional with over 18 years of experience in providing data management solutions focused primarily around MDM and CRM. His past work spans commercial, federal government, and non-profit clients across federal regulatory, financial services, consumer goods, high-tech B2B marketing, and B2C/B2B service sectors. David has hands-on experience with all phases of the project life cycle, including business process engineering, fit-gap analysis, design, development, installation, testing, training, and deployment. For the past 6 years, David has served LumenData clients as project/program manager, lead analyst, and client partner. David’s background includes 9 years in the petrochemical industry – designing, building, and testing mission critical computer control systems for customers around the world.

David holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

David recently relocated to Austin, Texas, and when not busy with work, can be found exploring the varied neighborhoods and cultural activities of his new hometown.

Vinayan Valappil

Vinayan Valappil

Vice President, Architecture

Vinayan has a proven track record of more than 16 years of successfully architecting, building and implementing enterprise Master Data Management (MDM) products and applications for Fortune 500 clients. His expertise includes enterprise solution architecture, product strategy, product engineering, application integration, MDM, and Data Quality. Vinayan has extensive MDM and Data Quality experience across multiple industries comprising high-tech, financial services, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, and higher education. Prior to LumenData, Vinayan held technical leadership positions with many industry leaders on MDM and CRM, including Oracle Corporation, Siebel Systems, and Hewlett-Packard, where he made significant contributions to those companies’ success in the global marketplace.

Vinayan holds a master’s and bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from University of Calicut, India.

Outside of the technology realm, Vinayan enjoys playing soccer and leading his team to many victories in corporate soccer tournaments under his captaincy.

Amar Doshi

Amar Doshi

Manager of India Operations

Amar has over 16 years of rich experience in architecting and developing products in the MDM, CRM Enterprise Application Integration, voice recognition, CAD/CAE, and 3D graphics domains. In his current role, Amar is managing LumenData’s India team, which includes recruitment, resourcing, competency development, effort estimation, monitoring, and status reporting. He is also driving product development efforts at LumenData. Amar has worked at Altair, Oracle, and Focus Infosys.

Kiran Naik

Kiran Naik

CRO & Managing Principal

Kiran has 35 years of experience in software and services sales. He managed global sales at Persistent Systems, leading a strategic business unit focused on taking innovative digital transformation services to the enterprise market. Prior to that, Kiran managed strategic accounts sales for Lionbridge Technologies, where he created, managed, and grew the professional services team for webify services in the healthcare vertical. His experience also includes managing and growing a software services company as a co-founder.

Kiran holds an MBA from Symbiosis Institute of Management, University of Pune.

To relax, Kiran enjoys playing golf, watching cricket, making cocktails, and traveling the world with his wife.

Prashant Kohli

Prashant Kohli

Data Architect & Partner Manager

Prashant has over 13 years of experience in data architecture, data integration, data management, and IT strategy, with a focus on master data management and data warehousing. His experience spans multiple industries, including financial, communication and transportation. Prashant has worked with numerous clients, including in the U.S Federal Government and in commercial sectors.

Prashant holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Rai International, New Delhi, and an MBA from George Mason University (GMU) and is a certified Scrum Master.

Prashant enjoys working with customers in fast-paced agile environments, and in his personal time, he enjoys traveling and trying different cuisines from all over the world.

Stefan Marsland

Stefan Marsland

Practice Director, Marketing Tech

Stefan has extensive experience in marketing operations strategy, digital marketing, nurture programs, and marketing analytics. He offers a wealth of knowledge in marketing automation platforms, including Oracle Eloqua, Marketo, Aprimo, and Pardot. He has previously managed large scale marketing automation platforms at companies such as CA Technologies, Teradata, Iron Mountain and American Express.

Stefan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from North Adams State College.

Stefan is an avid cyclist who rides over 6,000 miles a year!

Miko Roller

Miko Roller

Vice President, Sales

Miko has ten years of in-depth experience in guiding and educating businesses on the strategic use of enterprise software solutions and on best practices in product information management, master data management, and print. His career in product information management and master data management includes experience in both software and professional services in enterprise digital transformation. Prior to joining LumenData, Miko embraced the professional services and consulting side of the enterprise solutions equation as Chief Revenue Officer at Ideosity, where he led the sales and marketing initiatives and supported various strategic partners, including Informatica, Stibo, Agility, and Enterworks. Previously, Miko held positions as PIM Specialist, Pre-sales Engineer, and Major Account Manager at Heiler/Informatica, where he was in charge of major clients in various industries, including retail, distribution, and manufacturing.

Miko studied Economics Specialist at University of Toronto.

Miko enjoys playing tennis, baseball, and soccer, and swimming with his three boys and competing in e-sport games. As a hobby, he also enjoys corporate graphic designing.